Bear with me...I've rented a shop space to sell my vintage furniture finds and have been swamped with innumerable tasks, some that I do in my sleep, trying to get it ready to open. Here is the new logo that Lara from Melbourne did for me:
She's so talented. What a dream to discover her. She also designed my new homepage. You can view her work at her blog, Kirin Notebook, and her Flickr site, birds & trees.
Here is a glimpse of the front of the shop. Little Marcel helped me to paint the sign:
And here are a smattering of items in the unfinished shop space:
I've coined the term Funky Versailles to describe the style of goods that I'll carry. It might be fun for you to see some of the little vintage pieces that I ordered from this wonderful company out of Chicago:
I ordered a box load of these (above). It's a spray mister from Holland, circa 1960, in the original box.
And I ordered a stack of these (above) sweet little 1920s Butter Chips made by the now-shuttered Shenango China Company of New Castle, Pennsylvania. How will I ever part with them?
Here are some things that they have, out of my price range, that I will only dream about:
Please, wish me loads of luck and buckets of good fortune. Merci.
